Etymology
Origin of triply
Example Sentences
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That’s triply so in the Invesco QQQ ETF, which tracks the Nasdaq-100.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
She triply underlines her feminist themes and nearly sabotages her own clever creation.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
"But reaching this pinnacle is doubly, triply sad for us all," he says.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2023
Using a new technique with the Hubble Space Telescope, the team employed a filter set that looks at the light of triply ionized carbon.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023
And I was becoming known for being someone’s wife and as someone involved with politics, which made it doubly and triply weird.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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